The English Language

L.I. Language features - End rhyme

Parts of speech - Homonyms

Some people say that you’re a dear,

yet dear is far from cheap.

A jumper is a thing you wear.

yet a jumper has to leap.

It’s very clear it’s very queer,

and pray who’s to blame

for different meanings to some words

pronounced and spelt the same?

A little journey is a trip,

a trip is when you fall.

It doesn’t mean you have to dance

whene’er you hold a ball.

Now here’s a thing that puzzles me:

musicians of good taste

will very often form a band -

I’ve got one round my waist!

Harry Helmsley

Words that look the same but have different meanings are called?

Homonym

Write out three pairs from the poem.

• Ball & Ball
• Band & Band
• Dear & Dear

The words at the end of some lines rhyme, this is called?

End Rhyme

Write out three pairs from the poem.

• Dear & Wear
• Fall & Ball
• Taste & Waste

Write another 2 lines that could be included in this poem.

Illustrate your verse.

I had a drink out of a mug but mug is when you get robbed.

Create a DLO that explains what homonyms are with examples that will help others strengthen their connection to this learning.

today we have been doing poetry and we have learning about Homonym it is when two words are spelt the same bot mean something else.

MRS GREN

today we have done something called M.R.S G.R.E.N because we are learning about the human bodys.

Balloon Graph

We did an activity that included breathing so we all had to blow up balloons and see who could blow it up the biggest I did with 68cm around the side of the balloon the second highest was Mataio with 65cm. The lowest was Avalon with 44cm and we all got a try at it except Mrs Anderson's group.

 

How to Survive a Cow Attack

today we got to make a DLO on how to survive a cow attack of a story it was about a girl how took a shortcut and found some cows that aren't usually there and they chased her then stopped to study her. we did it off of that. it was fun. I was working with my friend Lyric.

Age Problems

Today we have completed a rich task. To do this task you have to work out how old the people are. We worked backwards from Richard's age.

Maori Legend Storyboard

This week for inquiry the task was to create a storyboard about the Maori creation legend, according to the legends after Tane Mahuta and his brothers prised his parents apart they set out to create everything in the world. After they'd finished they then realised that there were no people to enjoy what they'd created, so Tane Mahuta offered his idea of creating a woman. The other brothers agreed with him so Tane Mahuta sculpted the woman, afterwards one brother told Tane Mahuta to take his breath and give the sculpture life. So that's how the first woman was created. We were allowed to work in groups so I worked with Alex.

Sailing Experience

Yesterday 23 students went to a sailing club for a school trip, I was lucky enough to be one of them. When we first arrived we were told how to stay safe while in the water, after that we were shown how to assemble the rafts so that we could assemble our own to sail in. After that we were given wet suits, life jackets and water proof vests. The process to getting the rafts into the water was to push your raft into the water with your partner and then one of the two of you needs to hold the raft while the other takes the trailer back. When in the water we were told to follow the motor boat around the harbour. After 2-3 hours of different games. capsizing, falling and being pushed into the water it was time to leave.